Two army aviators killed

New York Times July 6 1912

Early this morning 100 years ago, flying from Larkhill just north of Stonehenge, Captain Loraine crashed his Nieuport monoplane during a failed turn. Both he and his passenger Staff-Sergeant Wilson were killed. I’ve written about this before, and the recent removal of the memorial at Airman’s Cross. Here are some further notes and sources.

This is the most detailed description of the incident, from the Journal of the Royal Air Force Historical Society 16 (1996), 104–110, by Air Vice-Marshall Barry Newton. The whole journal is available here.